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Thanks for the tip regarding the IP segment, that seemed to be it. I needed to use the correct broadcast IP for the subnet (I think? I'm bad with networks. I used 192.168.2.255 instead of 255.255.255.255, and now it works)
And yeah, I am looking to get a router at some point. Hard to make such a purchase when I'm struggling to make ends meet currently, though.